Water-closet installation



A. F. CURTIN.

WATER CLOSET INSTALLATION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1917.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

ll jtness ANDREW F. GUR'IIN, F MEDFORID, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WATER-CLOSET INSTALLATION.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed August 29, 1917. Serial No. 188,751.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW F. CURTIN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Medford, in the county ofMiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented cer tain new anduseful Improvements in Water-Closet Installations; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improvement in water closetinstallations. The object of the invention is to produce a new form ofinstallation of such construction that the tank is capable of beingsupported by the bowl, and serving to cover and conceal the connectionsbetween the tank and the bowl and the water connections to the tank. Tothese ends the invention consists in the installation hereinafterdescribed and particularly defined in the claims. 7 V

In the accompanying; drawings illustrating the preferred form of theinvention Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tank, Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional side elevation.

The tank illustrated in the drawing is made of porcelain or othermaterial, and consists of the tank proper 1 having the back wall 2, sidewalls 3, front wall 4 and the bottom 5 of the usual or any preferredform. The side and front walls of the tank are continued downwardlybelow the bottom or floor of the tank to form an apron 6, which isextended downwardly sufiiciently below the bottom of the tank to coverand conceal the inlet or supply pipe 7, the vent pipe 8 and the flushpipe 9 extending from the bottom of the tank to the bowl. The middle orcenter portion 10 of the apron rests upon the bowl 11. This centerportion of the apron is shown as longer than the remainder of the apronand as wide enough to cover both the vent and the flush pipe whether thevent be made upon the one or the other side of the flush pipe. Thiscenter portion 10 of the apron forms a firm support for the tank.

It is to be observed that the appearance of the tank commends it byreason of its plainness and simplicity. To the observer it is notapparent whether the water inlet be through the bottom of the tank orthrough the back wall of the tank. An important feature of theconstruction is that by virtue of which the tank is supported on thebowl by means of the center portion of the apron. The support of a tankis a matter that has received much attention from constructors, and awide variety of more or less complicated and ingenious contrivances havebeen got up in the endeavor to produce a satisfactory tank support. Allsuch difficulty is eliminated by the tank of the present inventionbecause its entire weight is supported upon the bowl. All that isnecessary is to provide some simple means for holding it from lateralmovement and from tippingoutward from the wall at the top. Such devicesare simple in the extreme and the construction lends itself to use withease to provide a firm, solid support for the tank.

The apron forms a space of ample size to permit the making of properconnections for the flush pipe with the tank and with the bowl, and asthe flush pipe is not visible itcan be of plain brass or other materialunnickeled, and unprotected by porcelain cover, as the apron protects itfrom splashings from the closet. The position of the local vent in thewall varies with different installations, either by reason of the soil,or ventilating pipes, or for other reasons, so

it is not always possible to run the ventpipe straight back fro-m thecloset, nor to any other definite place, as to the right or to the leftor at a certain distance from the center on either side. This hasheretofore required closet bowls to be made with right, left and centervents in order that the vent pipe might be properly connected with theventilating shaft. The present invention permits carrying the vent pipefrom the bowl straight back or to the right or to the left as theposition of the local vent in the wall requires. In the case in whichthe local vent in the wall is central a single, plain elbow may be used.In case it is located at the right or at the left a pair of slip elbowsis all that is necessary to make the proper connection, and whollyirrespective of the distance at which the vent in the wall is located ateither side. Whatever form of vent pipe is used, whether straight, rightor left, it is fully protected by the apron and only one style of bowlis required for any installation. Furthermore, the supply pipe may comefrom the wall anywhere within the space covered by the apron and lead tomaterials necessary to be employed for these connections, it facilitatesinstallation because irregularity of'appearance is immaterial, and theconstruction particularly commends itself to dealers in plumbingsupplies because it reduces the numberv of I forms of closets necessaryto be carried in stock. This invention, therefore, commends itself tothe manufacturer because of the reduced stock necessary to be carried;it commends itself to the plumber by reason of the facility ofinstallation; it commends itself to the purchaser byreason of itsreduced cost, and it commends itself, to the userby reason of its plain,neat and sanitary appearance.

Viewed in its broader aspects, the invention contemplates providing aporcelain water closet tank with a connection concealing apron onitslower edge, whether such tank-supporting apron be of uniforn'r depththroughout the perimeter of the tank or whether it extends to differentdepths at different portions thereof, and; irrespective of whether itextends around the, entire periphery of the tank or whether it extendsonly around a part thereof, as illustrated in the drawings, wherein thedepending connection concealing apron is of uniform depth except atcenter, where it is longer, or deeperin order to reduce the apparentvertical height of the tank.

The word porcelain in the claim is intended asa word of description andnot of limitation, for it is apparent that, as above suggested, the tankmay be made of other material.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

l. A water closetinstallation comprising a bowl having a rearwardlyextended portion of less width than the body portion of the bowlQaporcelain tank and connec ions between the tank; and bowl, the tankhaving an apron depending from the lower, end

thereof, one, portion of; which is extended downwardlyv beyond the otherportions and rests upon said-rearward extension of the bowl so that theweight of the tank is supported solely by the bowl.

2. A water closet'installation comprising a bowl; having a rearwardlyextended por- 'tion, the tank. having vthe body portion thereof spaced;some distance, above the bowl and connections without the tank betweeenthe bottom thereoffand; the. bowl, the, tank having a depending apronnesting upon said rearwa rdly extendingportion arranged so that theweight of the tank is supported solely by the bowl. 7

ANDREW F. CURTIN.

